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Cabinet
Cabinet gives approval for introduction of Constitution  Bill 2017 and  National Commission for Backward Classes  Bill, 2017 in the Parliament
Approval also granted for retention of posts and office premises for the proposed new National Commission for Backward Class
The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has given  Ex-post facto approval for introduction of  Constitution  Bill 2017 and  National Commission for Backward Classes  Bill, 2017 in the Parliament; and  Approval for retention of posts/incumbents and office premises held by the existing National Commission for Backward Classes by the proposed new National Commission for Backward Classes
The approval is for the proposal to bring about a Constitutional Amendment namely the Constitution  Bill, 2017 by:
a. Constitution of a Commission under Article 338B for socially and educationally backward classes by name of National Commission for Backward Classes; and
b.  insertion of Clause  under Article 366 with modified definition viz. “socially and educationally backward classes” means such backward classes as are so deemed under Article 342A for the purpose, this Constitution and
2. Introduce a Bill for:
a. Repeal of the National Commission for Backward Classes Act, 1993 along with Savings Clause for namely the National Commission for Backward Classes  Bill, 2017; and
b. Dissolution of the National Commission for Backward Classes with effect from such date as the Central Government may appoint in this behalf and the National Commission for Backward Classes constituted under sub-section  of Section 3 of the said Act shall stand dissolved.
3.  Appropriation of the sanctioned 52 posts, along with incumbents wherever filled of the existing National Commission for Backward Classes in the proposed National Commission for Backward Classes to be constituted under Article 338B; and
 Retention of the office premises of the existing National Commission for Backward Classes at Trikut-1, Bhikaiji Cama Place, New Delhi-110066, by the Natinal Commission for Backward Classes to be constituted under Article 338B.
The above decisions will lead to overall welfare of socially and educationally backward classes.
The proposed Act of repeal is necessary in view of setting up of the National Commission for Backward Classes by insertion of Article 338B of the Constitution.
The decision will also enable effecting continuity in the functioning of the National Commission for Backward Classes under Article 338B.
Ministry of Development of North-East Region
Launch of Local Brand Namdapha Goodness
North Eastern Region Community Resource Management Society  is a registered society under the aegis of North Eastern Council  and Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region , Govt. of India. North Eastern Region Community Resource Management Society , Meghalaya in collaboration with Changlang Community Resource Management Society , Arunachal Pradesh launched Local Brand Namdapha Goodness in Changlang, Arunachal Pradesh named after iconic Namdapha National Park located in the Changlang district, Namdapha.
This initiative is to boost the sale of locally produced goods of the CBO members, to improve the socio-economic condition of the rural populace and to generate sustainable employment opportunities among the village communities and unemployed youths through the manufacturing, marketing and distribution related activities.
Currently, a variety of products including edibles such as banana chips; spices such as ginger and turmeric powder, bakery items, locally spun clothes and sanitary napkins is being marketed under the brand. The products are distributed through a chain of local shops, village huts and marts of NABARD marts and private entrepreneurs.
Ministry of Rural Development
152 SAKSHAM Centres  launched in a week as part of Amrit Mahotsav
Centre would act as one stop solution for basic financial needs of Self-Help Group  households in rural areas
‘SAKSHAM’ app will help the community resource person to know the penetration of various financial services for each SHG & village
As part of Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav, a total of 152 Centre for Financial Literacy & Service Delivery  across 77 districts of 13 states launched under Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana - National Rural Livelihoods Mission  of the Ministry of Rural Development during 4-8th October, 2021.
Centre for Financial Literacy & Service Delivery  would act as one stop solution/single window system for basic financial needs of Self-Help Group  households in rural areas. The main objective of the center is to provide financial literacy & facilitate delivery of financial services  to SHG members and rural poor. These Centers will be managed by SHG network, largely at the level of the Cluster Level Federations , with the help of trained Community Resource Persons .
Brajasundarpur village, Ranpur block, Nayagarh dist, Odisha
These trained CRPs are provided six days residential training at Rural Self Employment Training Institutes  established by the Lead Bank of the district. All of these resources persons, popularly known as Financial Literacy Community Resource person  also provided a training tool kit in vernacular languages.
Govindapur village, Guijan block, Tinsukiya dist, Assam
Ministry of Rural Development  has also developed a mobile & web-based application called “SAKSHAM” which will be used by the community resource person of the Centre to know the penetration of various financial services for each SHG & village, identify major gaps and accordingly provide training and deliver the required financial services. This application will also measure the impact of the programme on regular interval for mid-course correction in strategy, if any.
Sirsod village, Karera block, Shivpuri dist, MP
13 State Rural Livelihoods Missions  have conducted block and district level programmes in which women SHG members, financial literacy resource persons, Bankers, officials of district administration, public representatives and other important functionaries participated in the launch event. The States include Assam, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Meghalaya, Maharashtra, Odisha, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tripura and Uttar Pradesh. Based on the experiences of the Centres in the above States, the initiative will be scaled up in other SRLMs and remaining intensive blocks.
Gandharia village, Chatra sadar block, Chtara dist, Jharkhand
PIB Headquarters
Job Fair in Chennai
The National Career Service Centre for SC/ST, Government of India, Ministry of Labour and Employment, Directorate General of Employment and Training, Santhome, Chennai-4 is going to organize a “JOB FAIR/ROJGAR MELA” in collaboration with M/s. Workfreaks Corporate Services Private Ltd., Chennai on 30.10.2019.
Job fair will be held in the office of the National Career Service for SC/ST, Santhome High Road, Chennai-4  between 9.30 AM to 4.00 PM on 30.10.2019.
Vacancies are available in various private companies in the areas of BPO/Banking/Insurance/E-Commerce/Education/IT/Advertising and FMCG/HR/Marketing and Sales etc. for both freshers and experienced. The salary will be ranging from Rs.10,000/- to 30,000/- per month.
Candidates in the age group between 22 years to 35 years can participate. Preference will be given to graduates and above but candidates with +2/Higher Secondary qualifications will also be considered if found suitable for the posts.
Though preference will be given to SC/ST candidates, general candidates who have the requisite qualifications and experience will also be considered, and are also invited to participate in the job fair. The candidates willing to participate in the job fair may apply/register their names in the link given below up to 28.10.2019.
Link: www.workfreaks.in/applyjob
For any queries in this regard please contact :: 044 – 24615112 and Mobile 9191177766
Those candidates who have not registered can walk in directly to the venue and register. Also Free registration in the NCS job portal will be done for the candidates who attend the job fair. The candidates are requested to bring their Aadhar card number for registration in NCS job portal, according to the press release issued by Shri Sujit Kumar Sahoo, Sub Regional Employment Officer, Chennai.
Ministry of Agriculture &
Farmers Welfare
The government is providing subsidy on crop residue management machinery to farmers
Crop residue management in the field helps soil become more fertile thereby resulting in savings of Rs 2000/hectare from the farmer’s manure cost.
Minister of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Shri Radha Mohan Singh has said hundreds of millions of waste produced in India comes from agriculture and agricultural enterprises. According to statistics, 70% of the waste is used in industrial sector and as domestic fuel. The remaining waste can be converted into bio-components and bio fuels and can also be used in the generation of energy. While addressing National Conference on “Potential of Waste in Energy Generation and its Challenges” organized by the Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare and Indian Federation of Green Energy  today he emphasized the need to eliminate pollution caused by the burning of crop residues and said that the poisonous gas generated by it affects human health and destroys soil nutrients. He informed that the government is providing subsidy @50-80% for crop residue management machinery. These machines help farmers in mixing crop residue with soil to make it more productive. Farmer groups are being provided financial assistance @80% of the project cost for establishing Farm Machinery Banks for Custom Hiring of crop residue management machinery. A provision of Rs 1151.80 crores for two years has been made under this scheme for states like Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and NCR.
He further informed that the management of crop residue in the field will help the soil become more fertile thereby resulting in savings of Rs 2000 per hectare from the farmer’s manure cost. By making palette from crop residue, it can be used for power generation. Under the sub mission on agricultural mechanization, 40% subsidy is given on straw rake, straw baler, loader etc. Through this, crop residue is collected and bales are made out of it so that it’s easy to carry to crop residue palette to power generation plants.
The Minister said that the Agricultural Engineering Division of the ICAR has done remarkable works in the area of bio-energy for biogas production from paddy straw biomass.
He appealed to the farmers not to burn crop residue thereby helping protect human health and environment.
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Shri J P Nadda takes stock of the public health measures for Nipah Virus disease
The Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare, Shri J P Nadda today reviewed the ground situation with the Health Minister of Kerala and took stock of the public health measures in the affected areas. On directions of the Union Health Minister, a multi-disciplinary Central Team led by Director, National Centre for Disease Control  including experts from NCDC, AIIMS, Safdarjung hospital, EMR division, NIV Pune was immediately deployed in Kozikode, Kerala and are constantly monitoring the situation of the Nipah Virus Disease and supporting the State Health Authorities in managing the outbreak.
After reviewing the situation, the Central Team suggested triage of Nipah cases and establishment of dedicated isolation facilities in district and strict infection control practices. Majority of the cases were found to be having contact with cases of Nipah virus disease. The Central teams recommended enlisting and daily follow up of all contacts.
Nipah virus disease has affected two districts of Kerala viz. Kozhikode and Malappuram and Government of India has issued the following guidelines.
- Brief on Nipah Virus disease
- Advisory for General Public
- Advisory for Health Care Personnel
- Guidelines for sample collection for Nipah Virus
- Hospital infection control guidelines
- Laboratory Biosafety guidelines
In addition, to above specific case definition, contact tracing and treatment and clinical management protocol has been provided to State authorities.
National Centre for Disease Control  is monitoring the situation in various States trough  network. Advisories have been sent to all the states, video conferencing have been conducted with States for training and clarifying their doubts. Further samples were sent from various States viz. Goa, Telangana, Karnataka, Himachal Pradesh and all samples were negative. Details of cases and deaths, as on date there are 19 reported cases . Out of 19 reported cases 17 died, from the two affected districts in Kerala State.
Finance Commission
Ministry of Rural Development presents Recommendations for Fostering Higher Inclusive Growth to the Finance Commission.
The Ministry of Rural Development headed by Secretary Shri Amarjeet Sinha, today made a detailed presentation on the Ministry’s plans on fostering higher inclusive growth, equity, efficiency and transparency – to the Chairperson Shri N.K. Singh and Members and senior Officials of the Fifteenth Finance Commission.
The Presentation dwelled upon the changing structure of rural economy; Gram Panchayat led, data driven and accountable development approach; governance reforms for better outcomes and other specific proposals for rural development.
The Ministry made a case for additional resources for Rural India on the account of :-
- Higher/New State Share – PMGSY, PMAY .
- Extra Budgetary borrowing – PMAY Gramin.
- Finance Commission transfer.
- Massive rise in loans to SHGs – Rs.81,077 cr.
- Increasing incomes through livelihood thrust – farm ponds, wells, animal sheds/resources.
- Larger effective transfer due to governance reforms – IT/DBT – Decline in leakages.
- Other specific proposals of Rural Development like maintenance of roads, transfer of certain schemes, and Human Resource Reforms.
The presentation also made a case of Government’s Reforms and conversant Growth Panchayat Development:-
- Governance Reform and Convergent Gram Panchayat Development Plans as necessary pre-condition for fund transfers
- Capacity building of Panchayats , use of technology, data driven financial management reforms, and geo-tagging as necessary conditions.
- Comprehensive HR as part of recommendations.
- Earmarking for road maintenance.
- Transferring DRDSs to States.
The Commission shall now take into consideration all the issues raised for the purpose of framing its recommendations to the government.
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Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports
Shri Kiren Rijiju addresses SAI vigilance seminar;
Says being vigilant should be a way of life
 organized a two-day  vigilance seminar on the theme, ‘Preventive Vigilance and Integrity: A way of life’ which was inaugurated by Minister of State Youth Affairs and Sports, Shri. Kiren Rijiju here today. Addressing the inaugural session, which was attended by SAI officials from all over India, the Minister said, “Each of us must maintain the highest level of personal integrity because we are custodians of SAI, and we cannot indulge in activities that harm or undermine this organization.” The minister also pointed out that a system of grading SAI centres on the basis of the level of integrity of officers working there, may also be considered. Welcoming the initiative of the two-day seminar, Shri Rijiju said that being vigilant should be a way of life, and must be observed not just during the Vigilance Awareness Week, but right throughout the year.
Sports Secretary Shri Radheyshyam Julaniya spoke on “Ethics in Sports” and said ethics and integrity is an individual matter and differs from person to person. Speaking on the difference between personal  and public integrity , he said, “One needs to reach a consensus between what is personal integrity and public integrity.” He added that when there is a conflict between the two, larger public good must prevail.
Shri Sandip Pradhan, Director General, Sports Authority of India, Shri Anindo Majumdar, Secretary, Central Vigilance Commission were among the other speakers who addressed a plethora of issues related to integrity at the workplace, including remedial actions to ensure fair procurement of goods and services, which is a critical aspect at all SAI centres.
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Ministry of Road Transport & Highways
Shri Nitin Gadkari launches world's first prototype of the BS 6 Stage II ‘Electrified Flex Fuel Vehicle’
The emphasis of Modi Government on ethanol aligns with objectives of attaining energy self-sufficiency, doubling farmers' income, transitioning them to Urjadata while continuing to support them as Annadata and positively impacting the environment :Shri Gadkari
Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Shri Nitin Gadkari launched the world's first prototype of the BS 6 Stage II ‘Electrified Flex Fuel Vehicle’, developed by Toyota Kirloskar Motor in the presence of Union Minister Shri Hardeep Singh Puri , Union Minster Shri Mahendra Nath Pandey , MD & CEO of Toyota Shri Masakazu Yoshimura , MD & CEO of Kirloskar Systems Limited Geetanjali Kirloskar , Ambassador, Diplomats from Japan Embassy, higher officials and advisors in New Delhi today.
Speaking on the occasion Shri Gadkari said Ethanol being an indigenous, eco-friendly, and renewable fuel holds promising prospects for India. He said the emphasis of the Modi Government on ethanol aligns with objectives of attaining energy self-sufficiency, doubling farmers' income, transitioning them to Urjadata while continuing to support them as Annadata, and positively impacting the environment. He said the day ethanol economy becomes of 2 lakh crores agricultural growth rate will reach 20% from the current 12%. Talking about innovations in biofuels Shri Gadkari spoke of refinery in Numaligarh in Asssam of Indian Oil Corporation where bamboo is being used for manufacturing bio ethanol.
Shri Gadkari said this innovative vehicle is based on the Innova Hycross and is engineered to adhere to India's stricter emission standards, marking it as the first-ever BS 6  Electrified Flex Fuel Vehicle prototype globally. He said the forthcoming stages for this prototype encompass meticulous refinement, homologation, and certification processes.
Ministry of Science & Technology
New catalytic process of producing hydrogen offers sustainable method of manufacturing the green fuel
A new process of producing hydrogen from methanol through a catalytic reaction under ambient conditions offers a sustainable and green method of manufacturing the much-needed clean fuel.
Hydrogen is considered one of the cleanest sources of energy that can be easily obtained from indigestible biomass or bio-derived alcohols. Various methods can generate hydrogen, but the cost of hydrogen depends on how environmentally friendly and energy efficient the production process is. Water and methane are the main sources of hydrogen on Earth, but extracting pure hydrogen from them consumes a lot of energy through techniques such as natural gas reforming electrolysis, and water-splitting reactions.
Notably, methanol can serve as a potential candidate for a hydrogen source owing to its gravimetric hydrogen content of 12.6% and its effective conversion to H2 and CO2 as final products. Aqueous methanol can be considered as a potential source for the amplification of transfer hydrogenation and C1 chemistry.
Scientists from the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research , Tirupati, devised a feasible method to produce molecular hydrogen from dehydrogenating simple feedstock chemicals like methanol and effectively transferred hydrogen to produce highly value-added chemicals and pharmaceuticals, with support from SERB, an attached institution of the Department of Science and Technology .
They used commercially available ruthenium complex under mild conditions as a catalyst to generate hydrogen from methanol through a clean chemical dehydrogenation reaction and used the applicability of methanol as a potential transfer hydrogenation agent for the catalytic reduction of various functional compounds. The research was published in the Journal of Catalysis.
“We are especially interested in using methanol as a source of hydrogen and methyl groups for selective reduction and N-methylation reactions. This can be seen as a potential way to enhance transfer hydrogenation and C1 chemistry,” the scientists pointed out.
Overcoming the challenge of developing effective catalytic methods for transforming methanol into valuable products, the researchers have also demonstrated that hydrogen liberated from methanol feedstock can be effectively utilized for the sustainable and affordable synthesis of chemicals and pharmaceuticals.
Methanol can act as a potential hydrogen carrier, which makes it very useful in synthetic organic chemistry since it is easier to store and transport than free hydrogen. Thus, the developed strategy opens a new avenue in both fundamental research and industrial applications for making bulk and fine chemicals.
In addition, the applicability of deuterated methanol in the preparation of deuterium-labeled compounds and bioactive molecules is also of growing interest in pharmaceutical sciences.
Vice President's Secretariat
People in public life must live up to the aspirations of people: Vice President
It is the sacred duty of public representatives to maintain the sanctity of Parliament and state legislatures.
Calls upon legislators to raise the level of debate
Highlight constructive debates: VP tells media
Releases the book: ‘Grameena Prajavani—Sunkara Satyanarayana Shasana Mandali Prasangalu’’
The Vice President, Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu has called upon public representatives to always strive for fulfilling the aspirations of the people and uphold the dignity of institutions they represent. He wanted public representatives to fulfill the responsibility bestowed upon them by people and make optimum use of their tenure as MPs, MLAs and members of local bodies in nation-building.
Addressing the gathering after releasing a Telugu book titled, “Grameena Prajavani- Sunkara Satyanarayana Shasana Mandali Prasangalu”  by Raitu Nestam Publications in New Delhi today, Shri Naidu said that people like Sri Satyanarayana raised the level of debates through their oratory skills and commitment to the cause of people.
The Vice President went down the memory lane and recollected his days as a legislator in Andhra Pradesh Assembly. He wanted the younger generation to listen to past speeches of eminent legislative members like Shri Tenneti Viswanadham, Shri Gouthu Latchanna, Shri Puchalapalli Sundarayya and Shri Sunkara Satyanaraya and learn from their erudition.
Shri Naidu appealed to all those in public life to raise matters of crucial importance such as agriculture, education, rural development, healthcare and effective implementation of schemes.
He called upon political parties, members of parliament and legislators to reorient their approach towards making a constructive role and said that there was every need to raise the level of debate in legislatures. He emphasized that it was the sacred duty of public representatives to maintain the sanctity of institutions such as Parliament and state legislatures.
While expressing his concern over the increasing disruptions of proceedings of parliament and assemblies, Shri Naidu appealed all political parties to evolve a code of conduct for their members ensure that meaningful debates take place in legislatures.
The Vice President wanted media to highlight constructive debate on crucial issues concerning the people, especially those living in remote areas.
The judge of the Supreme Court of India, Justice L. Nageswara Rao, Shri K. V. Chowdary, Central Vigilance Commissioner, Shri Dr. Lakshmi Prasad, Shri K Hari Babu, Member of Parliament, Dr. Surya Rao, Shri Karnati Venkateswar Rao and others.